GRAMMAR & STRUCTURE
Questions

Definition

A question asks for information.

Example

What is your name? My name is Robert.
Where do you live? I live in Victoria.

Explanation

Questions --

You ask for information using wh- question words (who, what, where, how, whose, why, and when).

You ask for a positive (yes) or negative (no) answer to a question using auxiliary verbs such as can, do, be, and have.

ask for information about possession (who the owner is).
have a different structure when "who" is the subject.
can be in the past, present, or future tense.
have a different word order than sentences (the verb usually goes before the subject).
use "not" after the auxiliary verb to make a question negative.
have a question mark (?) at the end.

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